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INSIDE: Read new work by writers from Canada and around the world in this brand new general issue of PRISM international! Contributors: Lisa Baird, John Wall Bsrger, S.C. Bayat, Stephen Brown, Ann S. Epstein, Laura Farina, MAtthew Hollett, Eve Joseph, Ben Ladouceur, Michael...

Review by Sarah Higgins Creeps by David E. Freeman and RealWheels Theatre The Cultch Theatricality is put to excellent use as a catalyst for reflection in RealWheels Theatre’s production of Creeps. David E. Freeman’s play explores the experience of four...

Preview by Sarah Higgins Creeps by David E. Freeman and RealWheels Theatre The Cultch “I think what’s really important that the disability experience is the human experience,” says Rena Cohen, producer and dramaturge...

Review by Will Preston Evicted by Matthew Desmond Penguin Random House, 2016 Right now, as you read this sentence, somebody in the United States is being evicted. Most likely they’re black; most likely they’re a woman. Most likely it’s...

Review by Mark Cutts Suite Française: Storm in June by Emmanuel Moynot David Homel, translation Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015 Emmanuel Moynot’s graphic novel Suite Française: Storm in June follows four sets of people as they flee Paris and the...

Review by Deborah Vail Wrist by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler Kegedonce Press, 2016 Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler is a writer and artist who works in many forms including audio, paint, film and glass. He is currently a candidate for...

Review by Stefanie Bartlett Straight to the Head by Fraser Nixon Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016 Fraser Nixon’s Straight to the Head is a neo-noir that follows a cast of stylish, offbeat characters into the dirty underbelly of 1980’s Vancouver,...

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PRISM international is a quarterly magazine out of Vancouver, British Columbia, whose mandate is to publish the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world.

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